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Volume 25, Number 6—June 2019
Research

Enhancement of Risk for Lyme Disease by Landscape Connectivity, New York, New York, USA

Meredith C. VanAckerComments to Author , Eliza A.H. Little, Goudarz Molaei, Waheed I. Bajwa, and Maria A. Diuk-Wasser
Author affiliations: Columbia University, New York, New York, USA (M.C. VanAcker, M.A. Diuk-Wasser); Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (E.A.H. Little, G. Molaei); Yale University, New Haven (G. Molaei); New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, USA (W.I. Bajwa)

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Table 1

Sampling effort for study of enhancement of Lyme disease risk by landscape connectivity, New York, New York, USA*

Park Borough Geographic coordinates, °N, °W No. Ixodes scapularis ticks tested for Borrelia burgdorferi/no. collected No. sampling efforts
Alley Pond Park Queens 40.7476, −73.7425 0/0 2
Bloomingdale Park Staten Island 40.5334, −74.2105 39/39 2
Blue Heron Park Staten Island 40.5314, −74.1746 54/422 2
Bronx Park Bronx 40.8716, −73.8740 0/0 2
Central Park Manhattan 40.7982, −73.9561 0/0 3
Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve Staten Island 40.5393, −74.2321 52/156 2
Clove Lakes Park Staten Island 40.6185, −74.1139 0/1 2
Conference House Park Staten Island 40.5010, −74.2516 51/83 2
Floyd Bennett Field Brooklyn 40.5983, −73.8967 0/0 2
Forest Park Queens 40.7033, −73.8508 0/1 2
Freshkills Park Staten Island 40.5763, −74.1835 57/82 2
Great Kills Park Staten Island 40.5463, −74.1252 0/5 2
High Rock Park Staten Island 40.5825, −74.1232 51/122 2
Highland Park Queens 40.6873, −73.8871 0/0 2
Inwood Hill Park Manhattan 40.8732, −73.9250 0/1 2
Kissena Park Queens 40.7435, −73.8057 0/0 2
Latourette Park Staten Island 40.5880, −74.1395 105/622 3
Lemon Creek Park Staten Island 40.5115, −74.1977 0/0 2
Pelham Bay Park Bronx 40.8673, −73.8106 52/85 4
Prospect Park Brooklyn 40.6606, −73.9712 0/1 2
Silver Lake Park Staten Island 40.6276, −74.0932 0/2 2
Van Cortlandt Park Bronx 40.9020, −73.8823 0/1 2
Willowbrook Park Staten Island 40.6005, −74.1581 49/72 2
Wolfe’s Pond Park Staten Island 40.5242, −74.1952 50/60 2

*Sampling effort describes how many visits were made to the park during the sampling period. All ticks were collected from the environment while questing.

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